Up to $1,000,000 in Native Agriculture Loans for Native CDFIs & Nonprofits - Oweesta

Oweesta is the longest standing Native CDFI intermediary offering financial products and development services exclusively to Native CDFIs and Native communities.

Oweesta offers a variety of loan products to provide financing capital for Native Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) and other tribal or nonprofit loan funds. Borrowers must be Native-controlled and have a primary mission of serving Native communities. Oweesta does not offer loans directly to individuals or businesses.

Oweesta’s agricultural loan product provides lending capital for loans to support lending to agricultural producers, agricultural marketers, agricultural processors and agricultural distributors. This includes food, fiber, forest products, livestock, equipment, horticultural crops, agricultural land purchases, and agricultural start-ups.

• Up to $1,000,000 loan

• Interest rate – Cost of capital plus 1.5-2.5%

• Term – up to 7 years

• Unsecured

• Quarterly or Annual payments, first year interest only payments

Loan applications are accepted year-round and can be completed through Lenderfit. Please contact Jamie Olson at jamie@oweesta.org to begin the application process or get more information.

Organizations in operation for less than three years or who have yet to begin lending are encouraged to apply

Jamie Olson - Director of Lending, Oweesta Corporation